This Kit OK?

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srproductions

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Hi!

I just found a good deal on this Lowel kit.

Two 3 section light stands that can be extended to 7 feet high.
One 3 section 40" Light Stand.
Three 250W lamps 2800K color temperature.
Two 27" by 19" soft box kit.
One carrying case.

Should I get it? Will it be enough for lighting rooms, and some scenes in a forest I need to do?
 
"enough for lighting room"
Possibly.

"some scenes in a forest"
Probably not.

Lowel is not the BEST name in lighting equipment, but there's definitely some usable products they make, and if the price is right, that kit might be okay, and should give you acceptable results. Of course you don't really specify what the lights are exactly. Open face? pro lights?
 
It's all quite low-quality stuff, but I'm sure you can get some decent results with them.
Don't discount fluorescent either. Check the lighting products from Flo-Light, Coollights.biz (a DVXuser sponsor), and Fotodiox

The lights you are posting pics/links for are mostly soft lights, so the fluorescent lighting provided by the companies above, might be well suited. They use less power, produce less heat, and can be ordered with daylight or tungsten color temps.
Of course, you'd also need a more directional light too. Check fresnels, or maybe even the Lowel Pro Light.
 
srproductions said:
Which ones? could you compile me a kit that will do what I need for under $500? Flourescent, of course.
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Hi,

I'm Richard from Cool Lights. So you need a fluorescent kit for mostly indoor and some outdoor? You might try something like this:

http://www.coollights.biz/watt-fluorescent-softlight-p-30.html

and this:

http://www.coollights.biz/watt-fluorescent-softlight-p-31.html

Our CL-255 draws 110w and puts out around 500w worth of light and the CL-455 draws about 220w but puts out around 800w worth of light. I feel confident these would be a good answer for indoors.

You could light scenes outdoors but you'd need a generator in the forest and the light won't go far outside. Fluorescent is mostly an indoor tool but can be used outdoors as long as the subjects are fairly close-in. I just don't know enough about your scenes your doing.
 
srproductions said:
Get fluorescent instead?
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Yes, possibly. No one but YOU will be able to say for sure though! :)
As with most everything, I'd suggest you try some of the MANY lighting options out there. Maybe read some of the posts in this lighting section.

I'd be carefull getting a ready-made KIT though, as you'd be far better off gradually building your own kit to exactly your liking. For sure though, one of the 4x55W fluorescent lights will come in handy, and you'll probably use it quite a lot.

A dimmable 4x55W flobank from Flolights is $600, a similar non-dimmable version from coollights is $275, and from Fotodiox about $215.00. You'll also need a light stand.
 
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